It has been a LONG time since i was last posting new acquisitions....so i will toss up some of the samplings

10x11 cast iron.  Never thought i would land one of these (nicely restored too....BTW, the original Ohio route colors were black letters and numbers on a yellow background

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i am still here.....have had a busy life since my last posting...settling into my new single-type life....

There are new signs to show you and a road trip to write about but i hope to do that this week...

Sorry, everyone for being gone so long

Last time, i had quite a few new additions that was shared with you.....due to time constraints (I was getting too tired!) i didnt post everything up.  Well, now i will correct that situation today!

Starting with stuff from the Joehler Showrooms....
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I had been quietly adding some pieces here and there...but i have also been re-entering model railroading, another fun hobby of mine.  The signs will not be forgotten as i still have far too many gaps left to fill.....and here are some of the fillers now!

24x24 aluminum. I know i just acquired the I-95, but i wanted to grab an I-4 (lowest-numbered  ( Read more... )

Gradually getting it back together...thankfully, i have a fun hobby to help keep me reasonably balanced....

The new stuff....

24x24 wood.  THIS was a prize i never thought i would find!  I-86 was abolished in Connecticut and Massachusetts in 1984, but Jake and I recall lone signs still marking I-86 well past the time I-=84 was re-extended.  I know of ( Read more... )

Kind of hard to post about the hobby while dealing with the loss of my Mom, but we shall do our best!

This moring, we had a visit from another legend in the signgeek community....Jake, alias Dangermoose, AKA agentsteel53 . He was bebopping all over, trying to avoid the snow storms and visit other signgeeks as well (and we expect a FULL report on your return, ( Read more... )

....sorry for the long delay everyone.,...life happens ( Read more... )

...this will NOT be the conclusion of the vacation report.....but some overdue-for-presentation acquisitions....

24x24 engineering sheet.....one of the early Old-Man-of-the-Mountain signs from NH

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Sorry, i know it has been over a month since i got back from my vacation....i wont post the vacation photos here (I have them up in my Photobucket, captions SLOWLY being added....it DOES take a while when you have over 120 photos! X_x!) but next time, i will link you to the Photobucket site they are at ( Read more... )

Tonight, our final installment of Old Tyme Sign Classics goes back in the vaults of repressed memories....the signs i used to have and this time, we are in states around Ohio, aside from the Indy I-74 seen previously....

This is one i was lucky enough to replace...with a better example

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